Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ffynone Villa
Uplands, Swansea, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Uplands, Swansea, designated on 25 July 1994.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 25 July 1994
- Community
- Uplands
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.61802, -3.96288
- Cadw reference
- 14628
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 247 Swansea (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On prominent site on corner of Walter Road and Bryn-y-Mor Road.
Exterior
Two-storey house, circa 1870. Stucco, horned sash windows with marginal glazing bars, hipped slate roof, rendered chimneys.
Three bays. Outer bays slightly advanced, gabled with shaped bargeboards, and pinnacles; first floor paired round-headed sash windows with moulded surrounds and straight cornice above; ground floor splayed bay windows, flat roofs. Central bay has first floor round-headed sash window with moulded surround; ground floor enclosed porch with entablature; 2 leaf-panelled entrance door; overlight and marginal glazing. To R, doorway with bracketed hood.
Reason for designation
Mid-Victorian villa retaining much of its detailing; on important corner site.
Nearby in the register
- Belgrave GardensDomesticunder 1 mi
- Belgrave GardensDomesticunder 1 mi
- Belgrave GardensDomesticunder 1 mi
- Belgrave GardensDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.